In BJP's rule, Hindus are not safe: AAP Spokesperson

The Aam Aadmi Party has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the death of Rinku Sharma, claiming that Hindus are "not safe" in BJP's rule.

Sharma, 25, was killed allegedly by a group of men following a quarrel at a birthday party in Delhi less than a week back. Various saffron outfits and Sharma's brother have alleged that he was killed for actively participating in the donation drive for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Delhi Police, which is under the Central Government, has however denied any communal angle to the murder and said the fight at the birthday party took place over a business rivalry.

Bhartiya Janata Party and its affiliates have started a mass-donation programme across the country to collect resources for constructing a Ram Temple in Ayodhya after a controversial verdict by the Supreme Court had allowed it at the very place of the demolished Babri Masjid. AAP views this rather as a mass mobilisation drive for BJP to align people to its core ideology and as a threat to its own political strength in the city state of Delhi.

Addressing a press conference, AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha said, "The family of Rinku Sharma is saying that he was killed because of raising Jai Shri Ram slogans. It should be thoroughly investigated and the culprits should be punished. Is raising the Jai Shri Ram slogans not safe now? In BJP's rule, Hindus are not safe."

"I ask the Union Home Minister, why has he not visited Rinku Sharma's family? Law and order is under him. Does it suit him to campaign in Bengal while such an incident has occurred in Delhi? Why did the police commissioner not visit Sharma's family?" he questioned.